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  2. Culture of Eswatini - Wikipedia

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    Swazi culture is the way of life and customs of the Swazi people through various historical stages. The culture of Swazi people involves music, food, religion, architecture, and kinship, among many other things. [1] The Swazi people are composed of various Nguni clans who speak the Nguni language siSwati.

  3. Swazi people - Wikipedia

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    The Swati people and the Kingdom of Eswatini today are named after Mswati II, who became king in 1839 after the death of his father King Sobhuza. Eswatini was a region first occupied by the San people and the current Swazis migrated from north East Africa through to Mozambique and eventually settled in Eswatini in the 15th century.

  4. Umtsimba - Wikipedia

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    A traditional Swazi wedding ceremony is called umtsimba (Swazi: [umtsʼimɓa]), where the bride commits herself to her new family for the rest of her life. [1] [2] The ceremony is a celebration that includes members of both the bride's - and the groom's - natal village.

  5. Umhlanga (ceremony) - Wikipedia

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    The organisers of the ceremony have occasionally enforced strict rules on photographers, as some of them have been accused of publishing pictures of the rites on pornographic websites. [ 10 ] In past years, the event was attended by former President of South Africa , Jacob Zuma (himself a Zulu), and former Premier of KwaZulu-Natal , Zweli Mkhize .

  6. Eswatini - Wikipedia

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    SiSwati [111] (also known as Swati, Swazi or Siswati) is a Bantu language of the Nguni Group, spoken in Eswatini and South Africa. It has 2.5 million speakers and is taught in schools. It is an official language of Eswatini, along with English, [112] and one of the official languages of South Africa.

  7. Coat of arms of Eswatini - Wikipedia

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    The coat of arms of Eswatini is a coat of arms depicting various symbols for traditional Eswatini culture. The lion represents the King of Eswatini and the elephant represents the Queen-mother . They support a traditional Nguni shield which represents "protection", the palm leaves represent a traditional crown of Swatinian.

  8. Cuisine of Eswatini - Wikipedia

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    Traditional foods of Eswatini include: Sishwala—thick porridge normally served with meat or vegetables; Incwancwa—sour porridge made of fermented cornmeal; Sitfubi—fresh milk cooked and mixed with cornmeal

  9. History of Eswatini - Wikipedia

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    Flag of Eswatini. Artifacts indicating human activity dating back to the early Stone Age have been found in the Kingdom of Eswatini.The earliest known inhabitants of the region were Khoisan hunter-gatherers.